Silent Homecoming Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Patiently she stares down [G]the runway,
Today's the day that he
is coming home.
Seems like he's been gone a life time
And a life time is a long time
[D]to be gone.
But there are songs that need singing,
[G]And[D] there are things
that must [G]be done.[Bb]
There are thoughts that still
need thinking,
And there are wars that must be [D]won.

[Verse 2]
[G]He was just a boy when they sent for him
And overnight turned him into a man.
Proudly he had served his country
In a war he didn't seem to
[D]understand.
The flag still waves, his war [G]is over,
[D]He'll never have to kill aga[G]in.[Bb]
And as she waits, she thinks it over,
Is winning worth the prize we pay [D]to win?

[Verse 3]
[G]Her thoughts keep wandering
to his childhood,
When all his hand grenades
were merely toys.
And "war" was just a game
that he was playing
With plastic guns like other
little [D]boys.
And ev'ry day when play was [G]over,
[D]He'd put his little toys awa[G]y.
[Bb]And she'd be standing,
waiting for him,
The way she's waiting here [D]today.

[Verse 4]
[G]
As the plane stops she starts thinking,
Will he still look the way he did before?
Or will his eyes reflect the pain of killing,
Like most young men when they
come home from [D]war?
These last few minutes seem like [G]hours,
[D]She tries her best not to [G]cry.[Bb]
But there's that hearse
filled up with flowers,
Did he really have [D]to die?

[Verse 5]
[G]No, no, no, no,
No, no, no, no, no,
[F]No, [G]no, no,
No, no,
No, [F]no,
[G]No, no, no,
No,
No, no, no,
No,
No, no, no, no, no.